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No different from the image of Chevy products here, except replace the bucket hat with a trucker cap and the beer with a Natty Ice. It's not like Americans have some romanticized vision of Australia the way we often do for Europe. Your redneck muscle cars just have four doors instead of two like ours, and that makes them more desirable for those of us rednecks who have families.

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Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.

I was selling new Pontiacs during those days. When GM threatened to bring the Ute over as the G8, I personally had 3 local funeral homes ready with cash for them. Why? Because, to make a flower car out of a Caddy costs over $60k+ brand new. The G8 Ute would have been around $30k and only maybe another $10k after putting the slides and rails in the bed. It also would have been a resell-able car once it came time to replace the fleet. Flower cars are just sawed up Cadillacs, but the Ute would have been for the most part unaltered.

I think there is a market for Utes. It may be small, but done correctly and having entry level trim levels it can be done.

I was selling new Pontiacs during those days. When GM threatened to bring the Ute over as the G8, I personally had 3 local funeral homes ready with cash for them. Why? Because, to make a flower car out of a Caddy costs over $60k+ brand new. The G8 Ute would have been around $30k and only maybe another $10k after putting the slides and rails in the bed. It also would have been a resell-able car once it came time to replace the fleet. Flower cars are just sawed up Cadillacs, but the Ute would have been for the most part unaltered.

I think there is a market for Utes. It may be small, but done correctly and having entry level trim levels it can be done.

The pictures you posted just hammer home mine and J-Tim's point. Those cars have some baaaaaarely visible front end similarity to production cars, and some window cutout shapes, but otherwise are just slab sided stamped out from the same mold cars which bear no real resemblance to production. NASCAR hasn't used REAL production bodies since like, the sixties.

If you cannot see how these 2013 NASCAR cup cars give a very good indication to what the production varients look like (at least the front facia) then forget it.

As I said before - if someone can highlight the edges of the camoflauged 2013 SS cup car, it would give a very good idea of what the production one will look like (from the front).

When GM threatened to bring the Ute over as the G8, I personally had 3 local funeral homes ready with cash for them. Why? Because, to make a flower car out of a Caddy costs over $60k+ brand new. The G8 Ute would have been around $30k and only maybe another $10k after putting the slides and rails in the bed. It also would have been a resell-able car once it came time to replace the fleet. Flower cars are just sawed up Cadillacs, but the Ute would have been for the most part unaltered.

So that accounts for a couple of hundred per year.

I've seen in this area a couple of funeral homes using the Cadillac Escalade EXT as flower cars. Since those are now out of production, I could imagine the GMC Sierra Denali used in it's place.

I've seen in this area a couple of funeral homes using the Cadillac Escalade EXT as flower cars. Since those are now out of production, I could imagine the GMC Sierra Denali used in it's place.

That is a couple hundred in sales that are almost a guarantee. I know of a few small business owners that would use it for picking up their stock for the day. They had to buy a full size when they didn't need one. The couple hundred a year from each group in businesses alone would slowly add up to thousands and tens of thousands. I think the Ute would be a hit but only if they offered in a entry level model for businesses.

I'm a fan of all kinds of cars, but not seeing the excitement around this one. Too many better RWD or AWD options out there, imo. Looks don't do it for me in any way either, at least not from the above pics.

I'm a fan of all kinds of cars, but not seeing the excitement around this one. Too many better RWD or AWD options out there, imo. Looks don't do it for me in any way either, at least not from the above pics.

To early to tell, but, the more 300 + hp V8 cars available in the low $30k range the better.

I'm a fan of all kinds of cars, but not seeing the excitement around this one. Too many better RWD or AWD options out there, imo. Looks don't do it for me in any way either, at least not from the above pics.

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You drive a Jetta, your argument is hilariously invalid.

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I was selling new Pontiacs during those days. When GM threatened to bring the Ute over as the G8, I personally had 3 local funeral homes ready with cash for them. Why? Because, to make a flower car out of a Caddy costs over $60k+ brand new. The G8 Ute would have been around $30k and only maybe another $10k after putting the slides and rails in the bed. It also would have been a resell-able car once it came time to replace the fleet. Flower cars are just sawed up Cadillacs, but the Ute would have been for the most part unaltered.

I think there is a market for Utes. It may be small, but done correctly and having entry level trim levels it can be done.